Sunday, October 18, 2020

When Icons Meet: Lassie Meets The Lone Ranger (1959)

 At the end of the 5th season, Lassie, by this point now produced by Jack Wrather, had a crossover of a sort with another property owned by Wrather at the time-----The Lone Ranger!

The "Peace Patrol" referenced in the title was a promotion associated with Lone Ranger, and Timmy (Jon Provost), along with Lassie, joins up. Clayton Moore guest stars.

Note: Part of the opening credits, and the closing credits, have been edited off.


There is another copy that has the complete opening credits, but a shorter running time, and part of the opening scene was edited off that copy.

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2 comments:

Silverstar said...

Wow! I never knew this happened.

hobbyfan said...

Ya know, it is kind of funny that, for example, WPIX in New York had rerun rights to both the Lone Ranger & Lassie, and had them airing in different day parts (Lassie in the morning, the Ranger in the afternoon), but never promoted this one-off whenever it aired as part of Lassie's syndicated package.